50108The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have jointly come into agreement by committing N210 million for the enrolment of girls into schools.The two organizations said the gesture i...

50322 - 13042010The first phase of negotiations over $385 million claim France Telecom has slapped on Kenyan government has ended amid secrecy even as it emerges that the French have now indicated that they may pull out of Telkom Kenya if the matter is...

50060 AfranTehran, April 17, IRNA – The use of nuclear arms is Haram (religiously forbidden) and it is incumbent on all to protect humankind from the grave disaster, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said Saturday.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ma...

50070 AfranThe IRI President attending the opening ceremony of Zimbabwean international trade exhibition said exhibitions are good opportunities for countries to foster relations.President Ahmadinejad added that trade relations between Tehran and Harar...

50081 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Wednesday congratulated his Sudanese counterpart President Omar al-Bashir, on his re-election as the country’s president.In the message, President Ahmadinejad also congratulated the Sudanese governm...

505 16 Workers Day observedThe Gambia Saturday joined the rest of the world to observe Workers Day also known as May Day at a ceremony held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. About 58 companies/institutions took part in the event, which began with a...

50127The remains of late Nigeria’s President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is expected to reach his home town, Katsina, Katsina State in the North-Western part of the country for final burial at 2pm.Senior government officials, former leaders, traditional ru...

505 24Students of the Banjul American Embassy School in Fajara, Kanifing Municipality, recently visited the site of Solar Project ‘Tiloo’ a company making solar equipment in Kanifing South, off Kaiaraba Avenue, as the company celebrated a Solar D...

50138University teachers from across Africa have blamed politicians for the frequent power interruptions in the continent, especially in West African nations, pointing out that military putsch was a consequence of unresolved grumbling in the polity.The...

501 45In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Ad...

50619Everyone sees the family business as a safety net. If you fail in the corporate world, you can always put your talent to work at the family business. But if your family doesn’t prepare, that safety net likely won’t be around for the next gener...

50628 KampalaPresident Yoweri Museveni has instructed the Ministry of Finance to come up with a policy on the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) within two months.The PPP is where a government project is largely funded by the private sector. In many cas...

50220Nous, agences et tours opérateurs mauritaniens (SoMaSert, Bontemps+ Voyages, AMST, TAYBA, Hôtel Halima, Mauritania Airways, Chemins de Sable, Tour opérateur français) avons fais venir 17 agences de voyages et 4 journalistes de la presse franç...

50277Des sources concordantes d’Alger affirment que les étudiants mauritaniens en Algérie ont investi les bâtiments de l’Ambassade et ont pris le staff de celle-ci en otage. Cela se serait produit hier jeudi, pendant les horaires d’ouverture o...

50295APA-Nouakchott (Mauritanie) Les journalistes mauritaniens n’ont plus le droit de publier des informations relevant du domaine du secret militaire ou susceptibles d’être considérées comme telles, a averti le ministre mauritanien de la Défen...

505 44 CJ Agim wants magistrates to live up to expectations The chief justice of The Gambia, His Worship, Mr. Emmanuel Agim has hailed the UNDP for their support in training magistrates on leadership skills, as he called on Gambian magistrates to live ...

500117 AfranQom, June 10, IRNA – First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi said here Wednesday attack on Gaza Peace Flotilla was an indication of weakness of Zionist regime.Addressing a local seminar on water held in this central provincial capita...

500132 AfranTehran, June 20, IRNA – A Ghana publisher said here Sunday that a new international system of relationship, based on fairness and justice, needs to be drawn up.“This unfair world needs to be changed. We need to have a comprehensive m...

506050The wrangles in the Muslim community yesterday went a notch higher with the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council secretary general Sheikh Siraj Kavuma disowning his chairperson, Mr Hassan Basajjabalaba.Accompanied by over 40 district kadhis at the UMSC ...

500151 AfranLondon, July 14, IRNA -- The UK government is continuing to press Israel for the return of electronic and media equipment seized during its attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters six weeks ago, according to Foreign ...